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Buffalo hump
Abdominal obesity
Moon face
1)-Salt & water retention due to mineralocorticoid action of cortisol 2)- Fat mobilization from the lower part of the body
Hirsutism
Moon , plethoric face Acne, hirsutism Buffalo hump Abdominal obesity Abdominal striae Thin limbs Hypertension Hyperglycemia Polythycemia Lymphopenia
Primary
Pituitary
Secondary
Hypothalamic
CRH
ACTH
Cortisol
Abdominal striae
Cause:
Rupture of subdermal capillaries due to stretch of thin skin over the abdominal obesity
Addisons disease
Latent tetany
Trousseaus signs
Chovsteks sign